After 40 years of excavations, famed archaeologists Arlen and Diane Chase, husband and wife, finally uncovered the royal tomb of Te K’ab Chaak, the founder and first ruler of the magnificent Mayan city of Caracol in Belize.

The mysteries surrounding the life and death of Te K’ab Chaak, the first ruler of the ancient Mayan city of Caracol in Belize, are about to get some answers. More than 40 years after uncovering Caana,

A rare mosaic death mask made of jadeite and vessels in the shapes of an owl, a monkey and coati-mundi were found with the ruler.